Bangladesh financial crisis

Will merger help solve the weaker banks’ problems?

Merger takes place when two or more companies combine together to strengthen capital base and asset size.

'I blame misgovernance and mismanagement for high inflation'

Dr MM Akash, professor of economics at Dhaka University, explains what is driving the inflation up in Bangladesh.

A long-awaited nod to justice

ACC finally charge-sheets Basic Bank’s Bacchu, but it must explain the delay and other unresolved issues

LONG READ / Coping with a perfect economic storm with IMF support

Bangladesh’s economy buckled, but it did not break. However, challenges remain.

Time for a new central bank and monetary policy

The recent policy changes have been so enormous that they have already made the old monetary policy largely defunct.

In the silos of bureaucrats, public interests are a trifle

To the uninitiated, the public interaction between our prime minister and state officials may seem curious at times.

ACC must fast-track Basic Bank investigations

Why is the bank’s former chairman not being implicated in any cases?

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

Will merger help solve the weaker banks’ problems?

Merger takes place when two or more companies combine together to strengthen capital base and asset size.

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

'I blame misgovernance and mismanagement for high inflation'

Dr MM Akash, professor of economics at Dhaka University, explains what is driving the inflation up in Bangladesh.

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023

A long-awaited nod to justice

ACC finally charge-sheets Basic Bank’s Bacchu, but it must explain the delay and other unresolved issues

February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023

Coping with a perfect economic storm with IMF support

Bangladesh’s economy buckled, but it did not break. However, challenges remain.

December 18, 2022
December 18, 2022

Time for a new central bank and monetary policy

The recent policy changes have been so enormous that they have already made the old monetary policy largely defunct.

November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022

In the silos of bureaucrats, public interests are a trifle

To the uninitiated, the public interaction between our prime minister and state officials may seem curious at times.

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

ACC must fast-track Basic Bank investigations

Why is the bank’s former chairman not being implicated in any cases?

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